Day and Night World Map

The map below shows the current position of the Sun and the Moon. It shows which parts of the Earth are in daylight and which are in night.

See where the moon is over the horizon

Map notes

• The day and night parts of the Earth shown are as of Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 00:16:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.
• Different shades of darkness are used to indicate night; these shades are in order from lightest to darkest:
  • Civil Twilight (lightest shade)
  • Nautical Twilight
  • Astronomical Twilight
  • Night, no twilight (darkest)
• Latitude circles
  • NPC – Northern Polar Circle, or Arctic Circle, is at latitude 66°34' N. At locations north of the Arctic Circle, the Sun is visible all day and night during a period before and after the June solstice.
  • NT – Northern Tropic, or Tropic of Cancer, is at latitude 23°26' N and is the northernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead (this occurs during June solstice, around June 21).
  • ST – Southern Tropic, or Tropic of Capricorn, is at latitude 23°26' S and is the southernmost latitude at which the Sun can be directly overhead (this occurs during December solstice, around December 21).
  • SPC – Southern Polar Circle, or Antarctic Circle, is at latitude 66°34' S. South of this latitude, the Sun is visible all day and night during summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
• Map is generated based on images from NASA

Position of the Sun

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 00:16:00 UTC the Sun is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	19° 22'	North
Longitude:	174° 49'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 437.72 meters/second, 1575.8 km/hour, 979.2 miles/hour or 850.9 knots.The table below shows the Sun position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 15' 00.0"	16.32 mi	west	0° 00' 00.6"	0.01 mi	north	16.32 mi
1 hour	14° 59' 58.7"	978.91 mi	west	0° 00' 33.6"	0.64 mi	north	978.88 mi
24 hours	0° 00' 33.1"	0.60 mi	east	0° 13' 17.1"	15.23 mi	north	15.25 mi

Position of the Moon

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 00:16:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	9° 04'	North
Longitude:	131° 12'	East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 444.89 meters/second, 1601.6 km/hour, 995.2 miles/hour or 864.8 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 34.0"	16.59 mi	west	0° 00' 10.0"	0.19 mi	north	16.59 mi
1 hour	14° 34' 01.9"	995.11 mi	west	0° 10' 05.5"	11.56 mi	north	994.94 mi
24 hours	10° 29' 06.0"	716.27 mi	east	3° 49' 42.4"	263.16 mi	north	759.00 mi

Locations with the Sun near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with Sun near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Wake Island	Thu 12:16 PM	859 km	534 miles	464 nm	W
Midway	Wed 1:16 PM	1261 km	783 miles	681 nm	NE
Majuro	Thu 12:16 PM	1408 km	875 miles	760 nm	SSW
Tarawa	Thu 12:16 PM	1996 km	1240 miles	1078 nm	S
Palikir	Thu 11:16 AM	2268 km	1409 miles	1225 nm	SW
Baker Island	Wed 12:16 PM	2324 km	1444 miles	1255 nm	SSE
Yaren	Thu 12:16 PM	2365 km	1470 miles	1277 nm	SSW
Honolulu	Wed 2:16 PM	2857 km	1776 miles	1543 nm	E
Funafuti	Thu 12:16 PM	3122 km	1940 miles	1686 nm	S
Guam (Hagåtña)	Thu 10:16 AM	3273 km	2033 miles	1767 nm	W